Hinge



SePt- 28, 1943. c.' E, sTl-:cKEL 2,330,455

HINGE Filed Aug. 5. 1942 174i?, Je c. E. Jzeeeez IN V EN TOR.

Patented Sept. 28, 1943 UNITED STAT es PATENT oiFFreE/j Application August 5, 1942, Serial No. 453,697

1 Claim.

When a door or other hingedly mounted barrier swells, its free edge, opposite the hinged edge, is likely -to come into contact with a door frame before a perfect closure is effected: and if the barrier shrinks, there is too wide a gap at the place indicated. The difficulty cannot be remedied by adjusting the hinge screws in and out since the door then is hung loosely, and some supplemental means must be provided for preventing the hinge wings fro-m sliding back and forth on the screws.

The present invention aims to provide a novel spring means which permits adjustment of the hinge screws, and at the same time keeps the hinge wings from sliding on the screws, adjust-v ment being secured, without the penalty of a loosely hung, or dragging door.

It is wi-thin the province of the disclosure to improve generally and to enhance the utility of devices of that type to which the present invention appertains.

With the above and other objects in view, which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodimentl of the invention herein disclosed, may be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawing:

Fig. 1 shows in elevation, a device constructed in accordance with the invention;

Fig. 2 is a cross section wherein the device is shown assembled with a barrier and with a barrier-frame, the barrier being open; and

Fig. 3 is a cross section wherein the barrier is shown in closed position.

The device comprises a hinge I, including wings 2 and 3, connected by a pintle 4, the wings having openings 5, adapted to receive screws 6 or other attaching elements whereby the wing 2 is held in a seat 'I formed in a door 8, and whereby the wing 3 is held in a seat 9 formed in a door frame ID.

Each wing 2-3 has a recess I I in its inner surface, the word inner mean-ing the surface of the wing 2 that is adjacent to the door 8, and the surface of the wing 3 that is adjacent to the frame I, the words outer and outwardly having reference to the surfaces of the two hinge wings that face each other.

In each recess II, is disposed a compression means, such as a leaf spring I2, provided with the wings 2 and 3 to receive the screws '6.

angle withv regard Vto the respective wings, and y the aforesaid edge portions I5 being securedto the respective wings,

The leaf springs I2 exert a pressure against the door 8 and the frame I8 at the bases of the recesses I I, the wings 2 3 being thrust outwardly, so that the heads of the screws 6 remain seated in the countersinks provided for their reception. r Y

The screws 6 maybe moved inwardly if the door has swelled, and they may be rmoved outwardly if the door has shrunk. Consequently, a properly tting door results at all times, and there is no looseness in the doorsuspension.

So far as I am advised as to the state of the art, adequate attention has not been given heretofore to the provision of a hinge which will possess the advantages of the leaf spring structure, and also have as firm a bearing against the door or jamb as an ordinary butt, when there is no occasion for resorting to the use of the spring is van emergent matter, there being, per-r haps, quite as many instances in which the spring will be neglected as there are when it serves a useful purpose;v The problem is, primarily, to provide a securely mounted hinge, if there is no occasion for an adjustablev mounting, and at the same time have at hand the meansv for adjustment, should adjustment be required.

As to structure which makes for the end in View, and considering the leaf 2 as an example, the single recess II extends partway through the wing, the area of the recess being almost as large asrthe area of the wing and forming, in the wing, a rib 25 extendedunbrokenly around the recess.

The area of the leaf spring I2 is equal to the area of the recess II, and the thickness of the spring is equal to the depth of the recess, whereby, under the action of the securing element 6,

the spring may be housed in the recess, the exposed face of the spring and the corresponding" vided upon its inner surface with a. single recess extended partway therethrough, the area of the recess being almost as large as the area of the wing and forming, in the wing, a rib extended unbrokenly around the recess, and a single leaf spring disposed at an angle to the base of the recess and secured along one edge portion to the wing, within the recess, the Wing and the spring having registering openings for the reception of securing elements, the area. of the sprin-g being equal to the area of the recess, and the thickness of the spring being equal to the depth of the recess, whereby, under the action of securing elements in the openings, the spring may be housed in the recess, the exposed surface of the spring and the corresponding face of the rib then presenting a large, fiat surface to the part Whereunto the wing is attached, in the event that an offsetting of the spring with respect to said part is not necessary.

CLYDE E, STECKEL. 

